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Our rabble-rousing research librarian, Jaime, wrote this tidbit about the latest poster news in NYC.

Poster fans in NYC may have spotted some of these interesting posters recently:

These big blue posters are meant to look like the official advertising done by the NYPD, and at a casual glance viewers might not notice what is actually going on in the image. But as soon as the content of the posters is digested, we can see the artist’s intent — commentary on the possibility that NYPD might soon use drones, currently a controversial tool used by the military abroad, to monitor New Yorkers. (You don’t have to take my paranoid word on it — Congress passed a bill on domestic drones in February, DHS is working with local police around the country, and the FAA has already authorized use by dozens of public and private entities.)

Anyway, Essam Attia, the artist allegedly responsible for these posters skewering the NYPD, has been arrested and is being charged with, among other things, 56 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument.

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